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European Academy of Philately Awards for 2023
The latest Trait d'Union 2022-2, the biannual AEP Newsletter to its members, reported yesterday the AEP Awards for 2023 as follows:
The European Philatelic Merit 2023 has been awarded to Vincent Schouberechts (Belgium). The AEP would like to…

Pantelis Leoussis is awarded with the 2022 HPS Medal
Pantelis Leoussis is the 2022 recipient of the Hellenic Philatelic Society Medal for "Significant services to Hellenic philately".
Pantelis Leoussis, 84, composer and pianist by profession, fluent in French, Italian and (naturally) Greek,…

Richard West receives Special Award
Richard West MBE, FRPSL, has received a special award from Stamp Active in recognition of fifty years of service to youth philately. He first joined the Melville Memorial Committee in 1972 and he has given continuous service to the evolving…

Best Maximum Card World Competition 2021
Pascal Bandry, Chairman, and Bostjan Petauer, Secretary of the FIP Maximaphily Commission published the results of the "Best Maximum Card World Competition 2021". Out of nineteen entries received, the winners were:
1st place: Poland, 60 points
2nd…

The Philatelic Traders’ Society Awards 2022
We just received the official release for the PTS Awards 2022.
London, December 2022: The Philatelic Traders’ Society is delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 PTS Awards. Launched in 2020 to celebrate the best in the business, the…

The Rowland Hill Medal Winners
We copied the announcement from the Museum of Philately website:
Museum of Philately awards the Rowland Hill Medal at the prestigious stamp show Monacophil on Friday 25th November 2022, in Monte Carlo. As an online Museum, we celebrate great…

The Finnish Philatelic Federation awards Ari Muhonen
Ari Muhonen received the Pro Philatelia Gold Medal awarded by the Finnish Philatelic Federation. Here is the official citation in translation:
Ari Muhonen's achievements in the field of organised philately are immense. He started his service…

An extraordinary achievement by Pedro Vaz Pereira
Pedro Vaz Pereira, Honorary President of FEPA and current President of the Portuguese Philatelic Federation, was awarded not once, not twice, but three times with three different and of the highest level philatelic distinctions on the same day…

The Museum of Philately opens public voting for the Rowland Hill Medal
The Museum of Philately has announced that twenty one world class collections have been nominated for the Rowland Hill Medal, which will be awarded for the first time.
Voting opens on 18th October 2022 and closes on 18th November. In order…

Museum of Philately Rowland Hill Medal will be decided by public vote
The Museum of Philately sent a note a few days ago:
There is just a month left to be in with the chance to enter the Rowland Hill Medal. All collections received and reviewed by the curators before the end of August will be in with a chance…

American Philatelic Society announces the recipients of the 2022 Awards
On 30 July the APS announced the recipients of the 2022 Awards which will be presented in the Great American Stamp Show in Sacramento on 27 August.
The American Philatelic Society Luff Awards
(a) For Distinguished Philatelic Research: Hal Vogel
(b)…

European Academy of Philately Awards for 2022
The recent issue (2022-1) of the Trait d’Union, the newsletter of the European Academy of Philately, revealed the AEP awards granted by the Academy for 2022:
The European 2022 Medal for Philatelic Merit was awarded to Guy Coutant, the editor…

The Royal Philatelic Society London Medals
According to a latest Press Release by the RPSL:
The Royal Philatelic Society London has announced the recipients of its medals for 2022 as follows.
The Tapling Medal for the best article in the Society’s journal, The London Philatelist,…

The awards ceremony for the best French stamps of 2021
The awards ceremony for the best French stamps of 2021 took place on 23rd June. This was the 31st time of such a selection process. More than 170 philatelic creations were in competition and more than 104,000 votes were sent in. The public…

The 1st Annual Crawford Festival 2022 by the RPSL
The 1st Annual Crawford Festival was organised by the Royal Philatelic Society London, at the RPSL premises, on 28th and 29th June. The theme of the Festival was "How to write a book – A practical guide to producing a work of philatelic literature",…

The Polish Philatelists Union (PZF) awards Philatelic Literature Medals
The Committee of the Medal "for the development of philatelic publications" of the Polish Philatelists Union (PZF) awarded the 2021 medals to the following recipients:
Jerzy Kupiec - Węgliński, United States (for the second time). Medal for…

Sweden: Three new recipients of the Strandell Medal
At the Swedish Philatelic Federation Congress, held in Täby on 14 May, the Strandell Medal was awarded to three recipients, as earlier award ceremonies were postponed due to the pandemic.
Strandellmedalj 51: Christer Brunström. A frequent…

Spain: Two prominent researchers receive the Civil Order of Postal Merit
Two renowned philatelists from Spain, both exceptional researchers, Fernando Aranaz del Río and Eugenio de Quesada, have been awarded with the Medal of the Civil Order of Postal Merit (la Placa de la Orden Civil al Mérito Postal), which will…

Chris Harman RDP is the 2022 recipient of the Lichtenstein Award
Christopher G. Harman RDP was named by the Collectors Club, New York, the 2022 recipient of Alfred F. Lichtenstein Memorial Award.
A short philatelic curriculum vitae of Chris Harman is included in the announcement of the Collectors Club…